When Leslie Feist released her breakthrough Let It Die, almost
instantly she became an indie icon. Her pretty, sometimes
melancholic love songs, her clear, campfire voice, her vaguely
jazz- and disco-influenced arrangements (highlighted no better than
with her cover of the Bee Gees' "Inside And Out"), and her
association with darlings Broken Social Scene wooed critics and
music fans alike. Her follow-up, The Reminder, will serve as proof
that Feist's success was no fluke...